Reviews
Sammy Spider's First Mitzvah
“a good read-aloud for families or religious schools.” — Booklist Online View →
Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole
“A heartwarming and cozy offering that encourages appreciating small moments of delight.” —Booklist Online View →
Latke, the Lucky Dog
“Latke, a playful golden brown shelter dog with good intentions, comes to live with his new family on the first night of Hanukkah. However, he scoffs at the sufganiyot (jelly donuts), shreds the present wrappings, gobbles the latkes, gnaws on a dreidel, topples the… View →
Apple Days: A Rosh Hashanah Story
“this will be welcomed by young families and religious preschools looking for holiday activities” — Booklist Online View →
“Teachers looking for picture books that reinforce the concept of ordinal numbers will find this a pleasant, lightly amusing choice.” —Booklist Online View →
“[T]his pared-down story is accessible even to toddlers. Expressive ink drawings with delicate color washes illustrate the brief text with warmth and humor.” —Booklist Online View →
The Quayside Cat
“Forward writes smoothly, combining natural-sounding dialogue with evocative sensory details of life aboard a wooden sailing ship…. A good change of pace from the usual picture-book fare.” —Booklist Online View →
Joy in Mudville
“[A] good addition to the slim number of picture books about girls who excel at sports.” —Booklist Online View →
“Whether or not readers are already acquainted, there’s plenty here to compel them to share the character’s joys and angst.” —Booklist Online View →
Three's Company, Mallory!
“Loyal fans and first-time readers alike will find it easy to relate to the narrator of this illustrated chapter book, the twenty-first in the Mallory series.” —Booklist Online View →
A Midterm Night's Scheme: Book 6
“Page’s black-and-white line drawings match the cartoony tone of Robbins’ comic.” —Booklist Online View →
What Noise Does a Rabbit Make?
“A charming barnyard animal story, spiced up by a surprisingly high-octane chase.” —Booklist Online View →
Stolen Luck
“[This] book will find an audience among reluctant readers attracted by the setting and the supernatural edge of the Dario Quincy Academy of Dance series.” —Booklist Online View →
Snowball Truce!: Book 2
“Rosemary Wells’ Max and Ruby fans will recognize the maturing relationship in these quick adventures.” —Booklist Online View →
Play It Again, Mallory
“Mallory’s emotions are clearly expressed in the first-person narrative and the many grayscale illustrations.” —Booklist Online View →
Dino-Wrestling
“Many a little reader will do a victory dance in the stacks for this combination of dinosaurs and hand-to-hand combat.” —Booklist Online View →
“This colorful picture book offers a light, amusing introduction to directional terms.” —Booklist Online View →
“An engaging look at growing up and dealing with the unexpected.”—Booklist View →
I Don't Want to Go to the Hospital!
“Hospitals made not so scary.” —Booklist Online View →
The Alliance
“A smoothly written, accessible story of two brave and sympathetic teens who struggle to overcome odds. This volume in the Surviving Southside series is an excellent title for reluctant readers and is sure to spark discussion in GSA groups and in the… View →
“It’s amazing how many little, useful skills there are to know; this is a good choice for teens heading off to college.”—Booklist View →
The Whispering Lake Ghosts: A Mystery about Sound
“While readers might pick up this entry in the Summer Camp Science Mysteries series for the fun story and Torres’ appealing artwork, they’ll also learn quite a bit about sound and might be inspired to try some of the easy experiments at the back of the book.”… View →
Two Shy Pandas
“The illustrations provide just the right amount of bashful cuteness to make the reader empathize with the pandas and cheer for their success. Readers who are shy themselves will appreciate the pace at which the story unfolds, and will take heart that mustering up the courage to… View →